Etymology

-derm

Today it means: skin or covering Full definition →

Ancient Greek δέρμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromδέρμα“skin”
  2. English today-derm

From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδέρμα all →

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